Rating: NR
Genre: Western
Release Date: 11/20/2007
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 71 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Image

Smugglers are working the border between Mexico and California in this action-filled and, of course, tuneful Gene Autry Western. Autry, sidekick Sterling Holloway, and the Cass County Boys get involved with fiery Elena Del Rio (Adele Mara), a singer in the local cantina who alternately throws knives at them and helps catch a gang of jewel smugglers taking advantage of local refugees. Chasing in and out of Joshua Tree National Monument, our heroes go up against a couple of supposedly law-abiding citizens, a peon (Martin Garralaga) who isn't what he pretends to be, and the local rural residents. Happily, everyone takes time out from the mayhem to perform Jack Elliott's "Twilight on the Rio Grande" and "The Pretty Knife Grinder," Smiley Burnette's "It's My Lazy Day" and "Great Grand Dad," Nat Simon and Charles Tobias' "The Old Lamplighter" and a couple of other selections. In addition to Joshua Tree National Monument, Twilight on the Rio Grande was filmed at Victorville, CA.

~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Gene Autry - Himself
Sterling Holloway - Pokie
Adele Mara - Elena Del Rio
Bob Steele - "Dusty"
Charles Evans - Henry Blackstone
Howard Negley - Jake Short
George Lewis - Capt. Gonzales
Tex Terry - Joe
The Cass County Boys -

Production:
Frank McDonald - Director
Armand Schaefer - Producer
Harry Keller - Editor
Dorrell McGowan Stuart E. McGowan - Screen Writer
John McCarthy Helen Hansard - Set Designer
Frank Hotaling - Art Director
Armand Schaefer - Associate Producer
William Bradford - Cinematographer
Bob Mark - Makeup Supervisor
Morton Scott - Musical Direction/Supervision
Yakima Canutt - Second Unit Director
Charles Tobias - Songwriter
Dick Charles - Songwriter
Jack Elliott - Songwriter
Larry Marks - Songwriter
Nat Simon - Songwriter
Smiley Burnette - Songwriter
Victor B. Appel - Sound/Sound Designer